{"id":3885,"date":"2025-11-21T13:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/?p=3885"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:29:03","slug":"november-25-talk-with-sabina-smailagic-a-follow-up-on-unbounded-sounds-case-study-on-the-impact-of-showcases-and-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapamundimusica.com\/en\/newsletter\/november-25-talk-with-sabina-smailagic-a-follow-up-on-unbounded-sounds-case-study-on-the-impact-of-showcases-and-89\/","title":{"rendered":"November 25. Talk with Sabina Smailagic; a follow-up on Unbounded Sounds, Case Study on the Impact of Showcases and + #89"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary <\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Editorial<\/span>
\n\u25ab\ufe0fAnd farewell to\u00a0\u00c9rik Marchand<\/span><\/p>\n

A follow-up on Unbounded Sounds, with\u00a0Sofia Labropoulou\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A follow-up on\u00a0the annual conference of the European Folk Network<\/span><\/p>\n

Talk with\u00a0Sabina\u00a0Smailagic\u00a0about \u201cWorld Corner”, a listening-sessions project<\/span><\/p>\n

Results of the\u00a0Case Study\u00a0“The Impact Of Showcase Festivals On The Development Of Their Participants. WOMEX 2024”, by Zone Franche<\/span><\/p>\n

Brief news from the media, charts and sister projects<\/span><\/p>\n

Open calls and professional events:\u00a0 Fira Mediterr\u00e0nia de Manresa, Babel Music XP opens accreditation, Sicily\u00a0 Music Conference still open<\/span><\/p>\n

Meet me at\u00a0\u2708\ufe0f<\/span><\/p>\n

\u27a1\ufe0f This is the link for subscription<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hello, <\/strong>how are you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am well.\u00a0The photo accompanying this text today was taken at Sarajevo Airport with\u00a0Francesco Martinelli<\/strong>. We had already met at the hotel, where I was staying for\u00a0Ali Do\u011fan G\u00f6n\u00fclta\u015f<\/strong>\u2019s concert at the Sarajevo Jazz Festival. Francesco had given a lecture at the festival, which we couldn\u2019t attend because we were not yet in the city. Over those couple of days, we learned that Francesco speaks Turkish and had been teaching in Turkey. His area of expertise is the history of jazz.<\/p>\n

At the airport we had a spontaneous conversation about concepts such as folk, about how he entered the field of jazz studies, and about the work each of us does, while we waited for our flight to Frankfurt. As someone deeply involved in jazz in Europe, Francesco knows\u00a0Nod Knowles<\/strong>, dear friend of mine, coordinator of the\u00a0European Folk Network<\/strong>\u00a0and board member of the Europe Jazz Network since 2003.<\/p>\n

It was a very warm ending to Ali\u2019s tour, organized by\u00a0Rok Ro\u0161ir<\/strong>\u00a0\/ MOST Music Agency<\/strong>\u00a0in Zagreb, Ljubljana and Sarajevo, which was a pleasure from start to finish. My face clearly shows exhaustion, but it was an absolute joy. Ali and his group surpass themselves every day, and the collaboration with Rok and everyone involved at each venue was impeccable, including the many hours spent driving and talking with Rok from Ljubljana to Sarajevo, as well as meeting\u00a0Damir Imamovi\u0107<\/strong>\u00a0in person.<\/p>\n

I hope you find the reading interesting.\u00a0If you enjoyed any part of this newsletter, feel free to share it with someone who might like it too. Thank you in advance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A farewell to \u00c9rik Marchand<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The picture is from Babel Med in 2017. Juan Antonio V\u00e1zquez and me met \u00c9rik Marchand there for the second time. The first one was at the FMM Sines festival, in Portugal, a few years before.
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This newsletter is not focused on the artists themselves but on what happens behind the stage. But why do I do this? Because there have been artists whose work has made me so happy that I felt compelled to work in music to help spread it\u2014first in written media and radio, and later through management and booking. \u00c9rik was one of those artists, especially because of his work with Taraf de Caransebe\u0219, which I discovered through the album\u00a0+Dor.<\/em>\u00a0Mr. Marchand passed away on October 30. I still think the album is a marvel. I chose this piece as I could have chosen any other, because it is incredible from beginning to end.<\/p>\n

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Remember: if you have any news of interest for our community, let me know. Thank you very much for your attention.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Araceli Tzigane | Mapamundi M\u00fasica\u00a0|\u00a0+34 676\u00a030 28 82\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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A FOLLOW-UP ON UNBOUNDED SOUNDS, WITH SOFIA LABROPOULOU\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the edition of April of this newsletter (available\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>) I shared a conversation with Sofia Labropoulou about Unbounded Sounds<\/a><\/strong>, the initiative she launched in Vienna, the city where this Greek kanunist and composer has been living for several years. I invited you to read that interview if you haven’t read it yet, before reading this follow-up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sofia provided me with several pictures of the concerts that already took place in this program. This one is from the concert with Sokratis Sinopoulos (lyra), Sarvin Hazin (kamanche), and Sofia. You can also watch a video with some insights from the artists and highlights of this concert,\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Araceli Tzigane:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>What is the program already planned for 2026? Please share what you can announce. Perhaps the full program isn\u2019t confirmed yet, so feel free to share whatever works for you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sofia Labropoulou:\u00a0<\/strong>Before I mention the 2026 edition I need to say that there\u2019s still one more concert and workshop in the 2025 edition:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n